He Needs Ale! is an Alliance-only quest for level 10-30 in Southern Barrens. It is step 79 of 89 in the Southern Barrens storyline. The quest's turn-in marker is in Southern Barrens at 49.2, 86.6. It rewards 1 reputation reward and 4,100 experience.
<Marley grasps the side of your head with a shaking, bloody hand.>
Ale... Must... have ale...
Ol' Barkerstout from inside. <He coughs.> That should ... do the trick.
The highest voted Wowhead comments for this page. They are community notes, not TheWoWDB comments.
Tapped from a keg.
enter, go right, make a left, follow hall to the end. (don't go down into the basement) Keg is on the table.
Poor guy didn't even finish his entire mug. :c
Gah.. The writing in this quest really struck me.
I think I got a little something in my eye..
| Type | Reward | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Experience | XP | 4,100 |
| Reputation | Ironforge | +250 |
This Alliance capital is the pride of the Dun Morogh dwarves. Home to King Magni.
Reputation group: Alliance.
Other quests in Southern Barrens that reward Ironforge reputation: Report to Twinbraid (+75), No Bull (+250), Digsite Status (+75), Hands Off Me Dig! (+250), Feegly the Exiled (+250), Marley's Final Flight (+10).
Item facts are the current retail client’s (ItemSparse); the specialisations for a pick-one item are the ones the Blizzard quest API lists; faction and currency text is the client’s own. Lowest listed price = the US commodity auction house now.
| Turn-in map | Southern Barrens | Turn-in marker at 49.2, 86.6, 4 mapped points |
|---|
Pins are the quest’s own POI points from the current retail client, projected onto the in-game zone map. The game marks one blob as the quest’s turn-in; the rest are objective areas. Points that fall outside a map’s window are dropped rather than guessed at.
Turn-inObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaIn-game waypoint: /way #199 49.2 86.6
TheWoWDB/way #199 49.2 86.6/way #199 50.7 86.8/way #199 49.2 86.5Map coordinates of the pins above. An area the client draws as a shape is given by the centre of its points.
Quests whose map markers the client places closest to this one on Southern Barrens, nearest first. Distances are straight lines between the markers.
Alliance flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Southern Barrens:
From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:
Straight-line distances in yards between the quest’s own map markers (QuestPOI) and the client’s flight-point positions (TaxiNodes); flight paths and terrain are not modelled.
Part 79 of 89.
Previous: Marley's Final Flight · Next: Bael'dun Rescue
Showing steps 74 to 85 of 89.
Storyline order is the client’s own QuestLine data from the current retail build.
Taken from the storyline's own step order.
Okay, <name>! Let's take these artifacts to my father and give him our report firsthand. Thanks to your help my flying machine is ready to roll. We can fly there together and share in the glory. Talk to me when you're all set to move out!
Taken from the storyline's own step order.
Help - Help! You've got to do something! Some dwarves are still inside - so many - they're trapped in the debris. Buried alive. The flames! It's a nightmare in there. We don't know how much longer until the roof collapses... Please, <class>, you've got to save them! Run inside.
Southern Barrens has 89 steps, from Running the Gauntlet to Sabotage!.
Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Southern Barrens (88), Northern Barrens (1).
Steps of this storyline count toward:
Steps, storylines and map placement from the client’s QuestLine, prerequisite and QuestPOI data; neighbouring quest text is Blizzard’s own (quest API), shortened to its opening sentences.
The comments below were written by Wowhead users. They are community notes, not TheWoWDB comments. See them in context on Wowhead.
The top 3 are shown in Top Comments above. Read all 9 on Wowhead.
